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Proposition 1 passes,

doesn't appear on paper ballot Katy Butler Journalist

Proposition 1, the restructuring of the Associated Students of Boise State University, was signed by Boise State President Bob Kustra and former ASBSU President Trevor Grigg Monday. ASBSU's structure will now include eight positions: president, executive vice president and six vice presidents. Each of the six vice presidents will be in charge of a certain function and will have the same voting power as a senator. The functions represented will be Service and Equities, Student Life, Clubs and Organizations, Academic Affairs, Legislative and Government Affairs and Facilities. The vice presidents will also have committee members working under them. The president, executive vice president and the six vice presidents will all be elected officials, and the committee members will be appointed. The purpose of the new structure is to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and allow for more student voice and guidance on campus. Full implementation of Proposition 1 will go into ef-

Nobody in the process feels that this is going to go smoothly but the idea is that this is definitely putting it on the right track. —ASBSU lobbyist Danny Edvalson fect in the next election, meaning that this year the student government will remain unchanged. According to election board chair Johnni Wuest, the biggest job of the new ASBSU officials will be focusing on changing the election code and preparing ASBSU for the new structure. “This isn’t designed to be the perfect end product,” ASBSU lobbyist Danny Edvalson said. “Nobody in the process feels that this is going to go smoothly but the idea is that this is definitely putting it on the right track and as time unfolds this will better represent students time and interest.” As for his new administration, ASBSU President-elect Stephen Heleker will be creating a similar structure to the one that will be created by Proposition 1 and add positions such as Secretary of Academic Affairs within his executive team. “We are trying to use our appointed positions to try and

create a smooth turn over for next year,” Heleker said. When voting in the recent ASBSU re-do election, some BSU students noticed that Proposition 1 was not on the ballot, whereas it had been during the original online election. Proposition 1 passed during the first election and was not put on the paper ballot due to the high number of votes in favor of it on the original ballot. According to Edvalson, a paper ballot was called for because of technology issues with the online ballot. The general council and Vice President for student affairs Dr. Michael Laliberte issued a recommendation to redo the entire election and emphasized that it’s ASBSU's decision. The Judiciary, Executive Branch and Election Board came to the agreement that because of the high number

of votes in favor of Proposition 1 versus the number of "no" votes, it was not necessary to place it on the paper ballot. Of all votes cast, 1,250 votes were in favor of Proposition 1, 418 were not in favor and around 500 people who voted chose not to vote on Proposition 1 specifically. “The difficulty in the voting system wouldn’t have affected the outcome of prop. 1” Edvalson said. “To avoid addition difficulties and focus on the issues at hand we kept it off the ballot.” Heleker agrees with ASBSU’s decision in leaving Proposition 1 off the paper ballot. “I think it is good that it was not placed back on the ballot,” Heleker said. “It won by a landslide initially, and therefore its removal is easily justified by the simplification of the voting system and the lessening of the amount of paper used."

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Professor charged with cocaine possession Benjamin Mack News Editor

A BSU professor has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after she apparently attempted to mail cocaine to herself. According to records, 48-year-old Joanne E. Taylor was arrested Saturday. Ada County jail records show she posted $5,000 bail and was released. The Idaho Statesman reported April 20 that police said Taylor addressed the envelope to herself, and used the address of a downtown business as a return address. The letter did not reach Taylor, and was returned to the sending address. Employees opened the letter March 12 and called police to report a small amount of white powder was found wrapped in a piece of paper in the envelope. In the Statesman’s story, prosecutors said the envelope contained 3.1 grams of cocaine. Police do not know why Taylor used the return address she did. According to communications and marketing director Frank Zang, the university is “taking appropriate action.” Taylor is an adjunct professor in the Communications Department at Boise State who taught Media Relations this semester. Last semester, she taught studies in public relations. Taylor was formally arraigned in Ada County Court Wednesday.

Budget decrease prompts change in class size Sarah Murphy Journalist

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Students chatting near the quad enjoy the warm weather Tuesday. While the day warmed to 74 degrees, a thunderstorm in the evening brought more than a quarter of an inch of rain.

In such a poor economy, students are financially stretched to their thinnest. With an additional 9 percent tuition increase, students may feel even more of a pinch in their pockets. Vice President for finance and administration Stacy Pearson said the university has had personnel reductions, reorganizing of positions, reduced operating and travel expenses, increased class sizes, as well as closed sections of classes with few students in them. “We don’t want to impact classes. We asked faculty to consider where it would not impact the quality of the instruction if they could increase (class sizes),” Pearson said.

Larger classes not an easy fix Larger class sizes are fine for some classes, but for others

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Suicide prevention a victim of bureaucracy Patrick Trujillo Journalist

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in four American adults suffer from a diagnosable mental condition at some time during a given year. Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability in the United States and Canada, and about one in 17 adults in the United States suffer from a serious mental disorder. Overall, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. Nearly all suicide victims, or those attempt-

ing suicide, have, or do, exhibit some form of substance abuse and, or mental health condition. The state of Idaho has cut Health and Welfare budgets by $3.4 million. Substance abuse programs have been cut by $1.5 million. The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline was dismantled three years ago due to lack of funding. The hotline handled up to 3,600 suicide interventions a year, or an average of 10 per day. Seven to 10 percent of those calls were immediate medical emergencies and 40 percent were related to do-

mestic violence. With the cut, Idaho is currently the only state in the U.S. without an operating hotline. Calls are taken nationally, then redirected to Oregon. The Idaho Institute for Rural Health secured federal funding two years ago to set up a new suicide intervention hotline. Monies sufficient to operate for two years and establish a federal grant were approved by the federal government and disbursed by the state, where the money was reappropriated into other programs. Instead of two years of funding, the project was given

two months. State Medicaid providers of substance abuse -- mental health counseling, hospice units and pharmacies that dispense medication -- now wait 14 months for reimbursement from the state, another product of budget cuts, causing many of these services to refuse treatment to Medicaid insured individuals and-or close their doors altogether. Idaho State Health and Welfare offices that provide individuals the ability to apply for these services are also being-

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The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline was dismantled three-years-ago due to lack of funding. The hotline handled up to 3,600 suicide interventions a year, or an average of 10 per day.

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Class Sizes [News page 1] it’s not so simple. “In large classes, it’s easy for students to get lost in the crowd and when they are lost and out of sight, they tend to fail,” history professor, Barton Barbour said. “I experienced a higher than average failure rate for my classes.” Barbour typically has an 8 to 10 percent failure rate in his classes. The one time he taught a larger class, he had approximately 20 percent of his students fail. “I don’t change my style, my pitch or my approach. It’s about the transmission of information over space in a room,” Barbour said. “My analogy for teaching all the time is being a story teller,” he said. “A story teller sits in front of a fire and people listen. The closer they are to the fire, the more they get. If they’re out in the cold, they’re not

hearing it.” Boise State isn’t the only college that has considered the option of increasing class sizes to keep costs low. Other colleges have done this in the past, including the University of Idaho and University of Oregon. Some students think large classes have a positive impact. In an informal survey of approximately 50 students, conducted last spring for a technical communications class, more than half of the students preferred an increase in class size while keeping current tuition. According to Pearson, one of the challenges BSU faces is deciding which classes are capable of a larger class size without affecting the quality of education. “If a faculty is teaching larger classes, they can teach more students, so they could

possibly add another section. We are also taking away sections with lower enrollments,” she said. Not only do incoming freshmen play a factor in enrollment, but the university is seeing a higher retention rate than it has in the past.

Impact of holdbacks Pearson stated that more people are going back to school, and incoming students are more prepared for the college experience. BSU has increased the criteria for admissions in the past and are currently in the process of reworking them again. “We don’t limit our enrollment but we manage it with our admissions criteria,” she said. The possibility of increased class sizes stems from the current financial situation of Idaho and BSU. “If there wasn’t a lot of fiscal pressure on the university from the legislature, we wouldn’t have this dramatic increase in tuition and a felt urgency to pack huge auditoria so they can maximize the take and make the university able to fund itself,” Barbour said. According to Pearson, for the current financial fiscal year (FY), Boise State lost 7.5 percent, or roughly $6.2 million from state funding. She said this is nothing compared to the $19 million BSU funding has been cut across the past

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Around 500 hundred students cram into every available seat in their UC-Berkley lecture hall in California. three years. “Last year, we had a good budget but we had a holdback,” Pearson said. She explained a holdback is when the legislature gives funding, but then, part way through the year, asks for a percentage of the money back. The following year, the percentage of the holdback is made permanent, and the budget is officially reduced. The university has received an enrollment workload adjustment in the past, which adjusts for the possible increase in enrollment based on the average growth from the past three years’ enrollment.

Suicide [News page 1] closed due to state budget cuts.

A professor's view Peter Wollheim, professor of communication at Boise State, was the director of the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline from 1991 until three years ago. During that time, he observed many characteristics unique to a perceived "Idahoan" view toward sui-

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cide, and comments that those general attitudes are part of the problem of stigmatizing the mental health issue altogether. “There is no evidence that people with mental illness are more dangerous than anyone else,” Wollheim said. “Yet, almost every campus rampage shooting has been linked to a mental illness. We are putting our entire society at risk by not providing (solutions). We know the solutions -- we have really good treatment for people --people won’t be getting their medications, and for some people that’s an absolute necessity to keep them going. Hotlines are a core essential service -- you can’t predict where a person is going to act out, and that’s why mental health issues should be considered public health issues -- suicide is a public health issue.”

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“This gives the university more money to accommodate new students coming in,” Pearson said. By not funding enrollment workload adjustments plus the holdbacks, the university has seen $23 million cut in funding over the past three years. “In FY10, with the drop in operating budget and not funding the enrollment work load adjustment, we had a $15 million deficit,” Pearson said. To adjust for the deficit, $4.8 million came from federal stimulus funds, $5 million came from the 5 percent tu-

ition increase, and $5 million came from budget cuts from university,” she said. “We are short about $5 million that should have come into Boise State in FY10 and FY11,” she said. “The 9 percent tuition increase that we sought is literally to replace that. When the state doesn’t fund, we go to the students to make up the difference.” “We really want to get to a place where we don’t have steep tuition increases,” she said. “I am a strong believer that education is a public good. The best way for citizens to get ahead in life is to have an education.”

the “tough individual” who “sucks it up.” Suicide and mental health issues themselves, such as seasonal depression, anxiety and extreme anger, are treated with a bravado attitude of, “tough it out.” “I don’t think you say to someone with diabetes, 'just suck it up -- cowboy it up -just find a way to do it,' and their pancreas will start working again. But if your brain isn’t handling serotonin well, we say that to people,” Wollheim said. The lack of cognitive recognition of the issue within the ranks of government and Idaho public sentiment is relevant. “We’ve attempted to get just even a half day statewide conference to address mental health issues for returning vets, and we haven’t been able to get support. You have to have state leadership to own this a public health issue -- and as a public health priority,” Wollheim said. “As long as people’s attention can be diverted to ideological issues -- so much of

the rhetoric in the state is ideological rather than pragmatic -- what do people really need to operate as a society -- it’s very hard for people to frame the issue accurately," Wollheim said. "All the stereotypes out there are very misleading. Our politicians get their information about mental illness just like everyone else -- from TV, where the villains are either terrorists or people with mental illness. In the state of Idaho, there is the sense that you can never be cured of a mental illness, people here don’t believe in recovery -- it’s a crisis management model." Wollheim also said that Boise State's health services are understaffed. "We (at BSU) here at health services are 50 percent understaffed -- yet every fifth student that comes here on campus has some kind of diagnosable mental illness -- depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse and we're putting people on waiting lists," Wollheim said. Overall, Wollheim said he's concerned. "Does something really, really bad have to happen before people wake up? And then it’s just the crisis de jour and people go back about their business," Wollheim said. "I’m very concerned. To me, the mark of a decent society is to look after its neediest."

The Arbiter will have additional coverage about the state of mental health services on Boise State's campus.

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Global warming is not a myth Journalist

On Thursday, April 22, the nation will celebrate the 40th Earth Day. In 1970 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, which was filled with trash and covered in oil, caught on fire. This image horrified the nation and inspired Sen. Gaylord Nelson to found Earth Day -- a day to raise awareness about the environment. Looking back on the beginnings of Earth Day and reflecting on where we are now gives perspective on what it takes to make people take action. It takes an emergency. We are currently faced with another emergency in the form of global warming, but due to the politicization of the environmental movement many refuse to believe that global warming exists. This is somewhat shocking considering the fact that 99 percent of scientists in the world believe that global warming is happening. “Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point. You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away," said Dr. Jerry Mahlman, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On Feb. 3, 2007, Elisabeth Rosen-

thal and Andrew C. Revkin of The New York Times reported: “In a grim and powerful assessment of the future of the planet, the leading international network of climate scientists has concluded for the first time that global warming is 'unequivocal' and that human activity is the main driver, 'very likely' causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.” They concluded the article saying that global warming could be slowed down with prompt action. That was three years ago. Yet, we still do not have a plan. The U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen ended without agreement for a future treaty, a bill calling for a 17 percent reduction in emissions is held up in Senate, and now some outspoken weather forecasters are in denial as well. Joe Bastardi, a weatherman with a bachelor’s degree in meteorology has popped up on Fox News to state that he thinks the warming is simply due to a mixture of sunspots, sea-temperature, and volcanism. He seems to think all of those scientists with PhDs are wrong. With a failure on the government level to push through environmental reforms, it’s up to the average citizen to make these changes. We

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Don't be a dick— average is awesome Haley Robinson Columnist

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can save our planet by reducing our gas consumption, raising awareness, and consuming responsibly. Addressing the nation, President Obama said, "The true story of the environmental movement is not about the laws that have been passed. It's about the citizens who have come together time and time again to demand cleaner air, healthier drinking water and safer

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billion over the next 11 years. However, in a letter to Sen. Judd Greg (R-NH), the Congressional Budget Office admitted that when accounting for the cost of default risk, the savings drop by $33 billion. And, according to economist Tad DeHaven, the bill increases spending for Pell grants and other programs by $80 billion, so there is no actual net savings. But regardless of the merits of this particular bill, should the federal government be subsidizing students? From a constitutional perspective, the answer is clearly “no,” there is no role delegated to the feds for education. From an economic perspective, the answer is still “no.” The rise in third-party aid to students has pushed demand for a college education higher and therefore has made the price of higher education increase. According to economists Neal McCluskey and Chris Edwards, the market function that would naturally constrain these higher costs, ability and willingness to pay, gets distorted because government subsidies absorb these increased fees. This gives schools the incentive to raise their tuitions to just above what they think students will be able to afford, knowing that the federal government will come in to make up the difference. And there is also the question of fairness. College graduates tend to make much more money over the length of their lives than those with only a high school diploma. What government subsidies do, in effect, is transfer wealth from blue collar workers to white collar professionals. Is that fair? What the federal government should do is get out of the business of higher education altogether (including providing non-defense research grants, but that issue is beyond the scope of this column), as this would decrease the cost of education, reduce waste, and lower taxes.

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I have to disagree with Allen Spurgeon’s April 15 article, “State should support student loan reform,” on a couple of points. Firstly, he claims that it isn’t morally defensible for the state to attempt to nullify the health care bill since it has provisions for student loan reform that he supports. This is akin to what members of Congress do to get unpopular provisions passed, which is to attach them to popular bills. For example, the REAL ID Act, which was designed to create a national ID card, had little support in the Senate and was not even brought to a vote. However, it was passed because it was later attached to a bill containing defense appropriations and tsunami relief, and no member of Congress wants to be accused of not funding the troops or not caring about tsunami victims. Just as we can’t say that the majority of the Senate wanted to pass REAL ID by virtue of it being passed, we can’t say the state is against students by virtue of rejecting a health care bill that happened to have student loan reform attached to it. Secondly, I’m not so sure that nationalizing the student loan industry will be a good thing, or that any federal subsidization of higher education is a good idea in the first place. Mr. Spurgeon reported that that the estimated savings will be nearly $68

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food, and who've demanded that their representatives in government hold polluters accountable. That progress continues today." So take some time on Earth Day to educate yourself and then take action. Apathy never helped anyone. For more information on how to save the environment visit: http:// www.earthday.org/ or http://www. whitehouse.gov/earthday.

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Five inches. This is the average size of a human male penis. Interestingly enough, 4 inches is the length of a woman’s vaginal canal. Why then is it that so many men spend time fretting over the length of their penis? When the average man has more than enough length to fill up the average woman, it seems that social stigmas put pressure on men about this nearly irrelevant factor. The truth is: penis size matters only minutely. It’s not about how big it is, but how it is used that is important. A man could pull down his pants to reveal an award-winning Johnson, but if he’s a two-pumpchump it won’t matter one bit. As a matter of fact, when confronted with the thought of a massive one my first thought is more along the lines of, “I’m sorry, you want me to put that where?” Something to consider about gigantic penises is that, for many women, they are more intimidating than desirable. Chances are that the bigger it is, the more it’s going to hurt. There is a reason that vibrators don’t have the same girth as a pop can. It’s because it’s unnecessary. "Our Sexuality" by Karla Baur and Robert Crooks discussed some of the reasons that a larger penis can often be more uncomfortable for women: “…the female ovaries and male testes originate from the same embryonic tissue source, they share some of the same sensitivity. If the penis bangs into the cervix and causes the uterus to be slightly displaced, this action can in turn jar an ovary. The resulting sensation is somewhat like a male’s experience of getting hit in the testes.” As much fun as it sounds to feel like getting kicked in the nuts during sex, I think most women would prefer a little bit less. In addition to the potential pain, women only have feeling in the first inch and a half into their vaginal opening. So really, average does the trick, and then some. On top of the physiological reasons that it’s not vital to be packing a massive schlong, there is the ego that so often accompanies it. Men should be aware that just because they are well endowed, they do not have a free pass to being a sex god. Poking it in and out a couple of times, no matter what the size, is not sufficient. The mentality that it’s automatically good because the guy has a big penis is completely false. When it comes down to it, I think that most women would agree that sex is fun when both people are comfortable and competent. Even if some women prefer bigger penises, much like many men prefer bigger breasts, it’s not what really counts. If more men concentrated on what they were doing instead of what they are working with, I think there would be many happier women in the world.

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Back to the finish line; competing once again

Kayla Bartling Journalist

Final part to three part series on injury, recovery and return to college athletics. Goals, goals, goals. It is what we make in almost every aspect of our life. Goals for school, goals for work, even goals for a weekend romp in the hills. In the realm of collegiate sports, goals define how a team works together and how an athlete dedicates his or her training to the ultimate: competition. Student-athletes know the value of importance of setting short term and long term goals, but for an injured student-athlete, goals become even more valuable. Not having goals can greatly affect the mind set of an ath-

lete and losing focus on rehabilitating can hinder the process of healing. Losing focus can be a big problem, mostly stemming from the fact they aren't able to play and train with fellow teammates. "It's huge,” Boise State head strength coach Tim Socha said. “The more they still feel like part of the team, and view the injury as just a minor setback, helps the recovery process. It is important to start it in their heads on setting goals to get better." For BSU sophomore gymnast Amy Glass, a neck fracture ended her season during 2009. The serious injury didn't stop her from deciding to rehabilitate and compete again. She wasn't worried about the injury or the pain. "The first thing I asked was,

'Can I go back to gymnastics and will I have scars; will I look like Frankenstein?'" she questioned her coaches. Many injured athletes are already set on going back to their sport despite the setback with the long term goal of competing again. "A lot is how hard you are willing to go back," Socha said. And indeed it is. Some rehabilitation plans take from a week to several months. Student-athletes may get restless during the period but it is important to have short term goals as well. Severe injuries such as ACL tears and fractures require long periods of rehabilitation. But the most important goal for an athlete with such an injury is to get back to their normal functioning of that body

part. "To an acute injury, we focus on that side,” BSU head athletic trainer Marc Paul said of severe injuries. “There are a lot of things in the body part that needs to be trained again, like how the muscles fire. Pass the acute stage we start looking to getting back to playing functionally." Training is the most important way to get an injured athlete ready for competition again. "A lot of it is for the mental aspect,” Socha said. “As time goes by we have to be careful with them feeling as part of the team still. Taking football out of their routine, their life is a bit out of whack, something's off." By having injured football players train during train-

ing times for the other players helps them stay in a similar schedule just with modified work outs. Viewing an injury as a minor setback allows the athlete to be better prepared for the recovery process. By setting short term goals an athlete will be ready for competition. "It's like a broken finger,” Glass said of her neck previous neck injury. “It breaks, it heals and then it is stronger than before. It is just another bone." Being able to compete again has helped Glass get back into a normal routine of gymnastics and school. "Some doctors told me not to go back to gymnastics but I made the decision to go back and I have no regrets," Glass said. Competing after recover-

ing from an injury may make some athletes wary, but many others are ready and excited to be back in the game after such a long process of rehabilitation. Competing again shows the amount of hard work and dedication an injury studentathlete has for the sport he or she loves. "Competition day is a different deal for us; for the average fan, that is where they see everything that player does,” Paul said. “But for us it is a reward seeing the kids that we work with for months being able to perform again." Being able to compete again is a great reward for many student-athletes and is a testament to the commitment and endurance of the player to the sport.

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Junior defensive back Cedric Febis is looked over by BSU's medical staff following a hard hit during a spring football scrimmage.

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Now senior Broncos' wide receiver Austin Pettis was injured during a 2-point conversion against Nevada during the 2009 football season. He worked hard to return for the Fiesta Bowl against TCU and played limited time, recording one reception (left) during the postseason game. He has since returned as a productive member of the BSU football squad through rehabilitation. Many athletes battle back from injury from motivated by the drive to compete

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Friday, April 23

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Track and Field – Robison Invitational All day – Provo, Utah

Thursday, April 22

Men’s Golf – BYU Cougar Classic All day – Provo, Utah

Gymnastics – NCAA Semifinal 1 (Hannah Redmon) 11 a.m. – Gainesville, Fla.

Softball – Louisiana Tech 5 p.m. – Ruston, La.

Softball – Louisiana Tech (DH) 12 p.m. – Ruston, La.

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C SPORTS ULTURE Broncos swept by Bengals

April 22, 2010

Joey McCullough Journalist

The Broncos came into Tuesday’s double-header with the Idaho State Bengals cruising on a five game winning streak. The streak started with a double-header sweep of Idaho State and a three-game sweep of Utah State. The Bengals, on Tuesday, returned the favor by sweeping BSU. Broncos sophomore pitcher Allie crump started on the mound for BSU. She tossed seven strikeouts, despite giving up three runs. The main story in game one was that the Broncos committed an uncharacteristic five errors. The team averaged 1.5 errors a game prior to Tuesday’s game. Broncos head coach Erin Thorpe commented on the sudden lapse. “I think that we were overlooking them and I think that made us not come out prepared to play today,” Thorpe said. The Broncos dropped the opener 5-3 thanks to the errors and slow hitting. In the second game, the Broncos managed to only commit one error but saw their hitting

grow colder. “We just didn’t hit today, plain and simple,” Thorpe said. “We didn’t hit until the last two innings of the second game for the whole day.” The Broncos freshman pitcher Lela Work, who pitched well in her previous start against Utah State, looked to be in control of the game excluding a solo homerun hit by ISU’s freshman Taylor Marchione. It all fell a part for Work and the Broncos in the fifth inning, when the Bengals saw their offense awaken, scoring four runs. ISU added two more in the sixth, putting BSU down 7-1. Thorpe really didn’t have an answer to why the Bengals were able to hit the Broncos so well in the second game. “Probably there bats came alive or we just missed our spots. In the bottom of the sixth inning, BSU’s freshman Vanessa Alvarez hit a two-run homerun pushing the score to 7-3. In the Bronco’s last bats, defensive replacement sophomore Ashleigh

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Broncos’ pitcher Allie Crump throws against in-conference opponent Hawai’i. The Broncos finished their nonconference schedule against in-state competition Idaho State University Tuesday at Mountain Cove Field. Viers-Gordillo stroked an additional two-run homerun making it a 7-5 game. The Broncos had the tying run at the plate in freshman Megan Harvey. Harvey was the hero in last w e e k e n d ’s

game against Utah State with a walk-off homerun. Placed at the plate with the hope of another crazy finish, Harvey grounded out to second. The double-header against ISU was not a bright spot for Broncos. “I think that the bright

spots are that the games are over. That’s about it,” Thorpe said, speaking on any positives that can be taken away from the sweep. The two losses put BSU at a 20-27 (7-5 Western Athletic Conference) record. The Broncos hope to

bounce back from these losses when they travel to Ruston, La. to play against Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs sit a game behind the Broncos and are in the middle of their own three-game losing streak.

Varsity or not, club baseball deserves respect

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There is a certain feeling every spring when baseball season rolls around. The smell of fresh cut grass, the salty taste of peanuts and sunflower seeds; the feel of a leather ball and glove. They are all a part of the culture of baseball, a culture that is somehow missing at Boise State University. Softball made its way into the list of varsity sports at BSU, but baseball did not. The only current baseball team at Boise State is the club baseball team. At the non-varsity level, teams do not get the recognition they deserve. In 1980, baseball was discontinued as a varsity sport at BSU. The club team saw success in the '90s but, like the varsity team, was disbanded. Only recently was the team put back together. In this current year the Broncos have found success that has gone, for the most part, unnoticed. Here are just some notable wins from this season: defeating University of Arizona, which was ranked number 2 in country during fall ball. At

of the season, BSU defeated the top 25 ranked Arizona State in a weekend where the Broncos outscored their opponents 44-7. Most recently, BSU swept University of Montana, totaling 51 runs to the Grizzlies’ 19. The current BSU team is loaded with skill. “Our talent is probably better than most of the teams we play because of the fact that we are in a valley that is baseball rich, as far as high school ball goes," head coach Steve Koppus said. "They have no place to go except for a couple of private schools, like College of Idaho or NNU. So we have a good group of players to draw from.” The 18 players who make up the roster come mostly from the Treasure Valley, but the team gets attention from people outside of Boise as well. “We’ve got guys on our roster from Oregon, California, Washington, Montana and northern Idaho,” Koppus said. “I’ve received letters, phone calls and e-mails for the past several months from as a far away as Vermont and

Florida.” Koppus went on to say that the success of BSU football has had a direct affect on club baseball. “The more the school gets publicized and the better the football team does, the more attention we get,” Koppus said. “They want to come to Boise State and they want to play baseball, that’s the draw.” Club ball does garner attention from local newspapers and television outlets, but Koppus believes that if Boise State will ever return to a varsity sport, it will take community involvement and consistency from the team. Despite numerous attempts, without success, to speak with Boise State Athletic director Gene Bleymaier, a lot needs to happen if BSU will ever form a baseball team again. The largest reason is Title 9 which says there needs to be an equal amount of scholarships in both men’s and women’s sports. Football has a majority of the men’s scholarships which means other women’s sports need to compensate. There isn’t room for baseball at Boise State right now and it appears BSU doesn’t need a baseball team currently. It would be a financial risk for the university to field a baseball team in a facility that meets the varsity standards. Just because BSU doesn’t have a varsity baseball team

does not mean that baseball is dead. Club baseball is alive and well. “You don’t have win it all, but just to be considered in that and to have the opportunity every year is the key,” Koppus said. “A winning program that people can respect.” For the amount of time and effort they put in and the success they have achieved, club baseball demands respect from the rest of Boise State.

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Dr. Dog brings their Beatle-esque harmonies to the Neurolux Matt Daley Journalist

In music journalism, comparing a band to the Beatles is often seen as a no-no. Although, when it comes to the Philadelphia based psychedelic pop band Dr. Dog, this writer is willing to make an exception: The band’s exquisite harmonies and upbeat grooves sound as though they’re ripped from Lennon and McCartney’s back catalog. “I’m not sure I’ve read or heard of anything written about us ever that didn’t mention it (sounding like The Beatles). I think it’s pretty much a constant - which I certainly don’t mind. I certainly wouldn’t deny my love of their music or their influence on the band,” said guitarist, singer Scott McMicken. The band is bringing their bluesy twang to venues nationwide in support of their April 6 release, “Shame, Shame.” For the first time, the group is taking a light show and lighting technician on the road. “We have way more gear than we normally have. It’s been fun to have another creative outlet on the shows -- the lighting design. We made a backdrop again and we made the backdrop specifically with the light show in mind,” said McMicken The backdrop is black with hundreds of multicolored, overlapping circles. “It takes on so many cool

Dr. Dog will play at the Neurolux tonight, including a new light show and stage designed specifically for this tour. effects. We chose the colors based on the light palate to be used. Depending on how you light it, certain colors disappear and certain colors really pop out. It gets this blurry, out-of-focus look that

almost makes it look kind of the way rain on a window looks at night time,” said McMicken. On May 31, Dr. Dog will travel to the Gorge, in Quincy, Wash., to play at the

Sasquatch music festival, a post-semester destination of choice for many Boise State students. “That’s one (festival) that we have not yet been invited to until this year.

I’m excited. I love that part of the country in general and I’ve come to really love festivals. I think that we’ve figured out as a band how to make them work,” said McMicken.

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On Thurday, Dr. Dog will join opener Sean Bones at the Neurolux. Doors open at 7:30. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the Record Exchange and $14 at the door.

Taking a stand V-Men Workshop addresses sexual violence Jalene Peterson Journalist

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Invisible Children began as film documenting the kidnapping of Ugandan children to fight in wars and has since become a non-profit to support the children.

Student club heightens awareness of Ugandan war Tony Rogers Journalist

For 23 years war has ravaged the African country of Uganda. More than 9,000 miles away, students at Boise State have taken action against it. The Invisible Children Club began this past fall, and focuses on the need of secondary education for the displaced people of Uganda. The club, inspired by associate professor Phillip Kelly, is part of the International Invisible Children organization. According to Invisiblechildren.com, the war has displaced more than 1.8 million people. “The BSU Invisible Children Club gives students the

opportunity to both work toward helping Ugandan secondary students get an education in a war-ravaged area of the world and socialize with other BSU students from across the university in a fun setting,” Kelly said. The club engages in two major events per academic year -- one each semester. Last year, the club participated in a march from the capitol building to campus, organized a rally of around 200 people on the quad, and staged an overnight camp-out between Albertson's Library and the Business Building. “We are always recruiting new members, trying to spread awareness, raise money to build schools and collect books to fill classrooms,”

said Paige Orcutt, junior education major and club president. The club also introduced a scholarship on behalf of the youth affected by the war in northern Uganda, making BSU the first university ever to do so. Last year, the club won a national book drive sponsored by Invisible Children, which allows a club member to travel to Uganda for free. "During our meetings we always do some sort of project, whether it is decorating posters or making phone calls to high schools or making Ugandan flags to decorate our upcoming event," Orcutt said. For more information, visit invisiblechildren.com.

“For sexual assault to be addressed effectively, men need to be involved,” said Janet Summers, administrative assistant of the Women’s Center. A V-Men Workshop will be hosted for the first time on campus April 28. The workshop is affiliated with the world renowned organization V-Day, which promotes awareness of violence toward women. V-Day stands for Victory, Vagina and Valentine. The V-Men Workshop is a new and exciting cause to bring men together and learn how to prevent sexual assault against women. Summers discussed how imperative it is for men to unite and address the act of violence openly as well as how it has impacted the lives of men. Summers sent an application to the V-Day Organization to receive permission for holding Boise’s first annual V-Men Workshop. When they were accepted, Summers contacted Mike Pennington, President of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (TKE), to run the workshop.

“We’re the world’s largest social fraternity with over 275 chapters nationwide; we’re in the business of building better men,” said Pennington, a sophomore majoring in marketing and biology. Pennington has been president of TKE, a social club of undergraduate males, for almost a year. The fraternity, which is a chapter of the national group TKE, was brought on in August of last year and is already the largest on campus and nationwide. “I feel obliged as a student activist to inform people what’s going on in the world,” Pennington said. The V-Men Workshop will involve a video exposing the cruelty happening globally and locally, including rape as a war tactic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), female genital mutilation and other major issues. Pennington feels that the DRC is an overlooked topic. All V-Men Workshops that take place worldwide will be recorded and sent to V-Day Organization where they will turn the recordings into an on-stage monologue. The workshop is a great

event that will help to motivate Boise State. “We should hold women in such a better view than we do now,” said Justin Ward, a junior majoring in finance. Pennington has received positive responses from other fraternities on campus about the forth coming workshop. “With a little bit of education, a few people can make a real big difference,” Pennington said. To learn more about V-Men Workshop, visit v-day.org

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